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MOVING COMMUNITIES
CONFERENCE January 18-19, 2018 at the Mandel Cultural Center in Jaffa, Israel
Thursday
From Artistic Director to Initiator of Social Change:Roberto Casarotto
Roberto Casarotto, Director of the Dance Projects at Centro per la Scena Contemporanea-Operaestate Festival in Bassano del Grappa Italy, will introduce the Dance Well initiative – a movement research program with Parkinson’s dancers.Casarotto will describe the impact of the program on the city of Bassano del Grappa (Italy) and will show how it empowers the teachers and dance artists and creates new ways to connect a larger community to art.
Researching Dance for Parkinson’s: Dr. Sara Houston
Dr. Sara Houston, Principal Lecturer in the Dance Department at University of Roehampton, London, will talk about her award- winning research examining the experience of people with Parkinson’s who dance. For over four years she conducted a mixed-methods study on the physiological, emotional, social and artistic benefits of dancing with the English National Ballet dance for Parkinson’s group.
Morning Class: David Leventhal
David Leventhal danced with the New York-based Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) for 15 years and co-founded MMDG’s Dance for PD ® program, which delivers group classes, global teacher training and acclaimed media resources so that people with Parkinson’s, wherever they are, have access to high quality dance experiences.
Thoughts about Socio-Political Community Initiatives through Movement: Ilanit Tadmor
Ilanit Tadmor is Director of “The Dancer in the Community,” a project of the Israel Ministry of Culture and Sport, which brings dance to Israel’s geographic and social outskirts. She will share her insight and experience regarding the challenges facing choreographers and dancers who lead these social projects in diverse communities.
Simultaneous Workshops:
Shaking: Sigal Bergman Trembling, shaking, oscillating, shivering all evoke a wide range of connotations – from ecstasy to illness, consolation to fear. In 20 minutes of constant movement, we will play with our ability to shift between control and release.
When Language Moves: Anat Vaadia and Shiri Sabah Teicher We learn how to move before we are capable of talking. When verbalization starts, it mediates and defines the experience of our movement. How do words move us, and how do we experience movement when it is not mediated through words? In one of two workshops we will listen to words that describe movement (while seated); in the other, we will move together without verbal instructions.
Movement without Words: Shiri Sabah Teicher
Words without movement: Anat Vaadia
Sigal Bergman, Anat Vaadia and Shiri Sabah Teicher teach Contemporary Dance Classes for People Living with Parkinson’s at Yasmeen Godder Studio.
Dancing in Conversation: Prof. Zali Gurevitch
The three basic postures of conversation – in a circle, face-to-face and beside one another – are described as turns and gestures in a conversational dance. Prof. Zali Gurevitch is a poet and Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
And My Heart Almost Stood Still: Ari Teperberg
An interrupted solo, inspired by Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and a letter by Helen Keller.
Performance in English, followed by a post-performance discussion
Friday
The Stories Behind Dance and Parkinson’s Initiatives
Screening of“A Year with Dancers, Scientists and People with Parkinson’s,” a film by Maya Rothschild, followed by a panel discussion with Monica Gillette, David Leventhal and Roberto Casarotto, moderated by Yasmeen Godder.
What are the stories behind projects involving people with Parkinson’s and dance? Where do these stories meet? What are the questions, challenges and dreams for these projects in the present moment and when looking at the future?
A meeting with three dance leaders from different countries, who made a difference and developed a model for work in the community within their local reality and beyond.
Lesson co-led by Parkinson Dancers and Dance Teachers
Participants in our weekly classes were invited to join one of the teachers and together research and teach a movement idea that touched them.
Liora Bachar and Sigal Bergman: Starting the day; Avi Elhadaf and Ofir Najari: the pleasure of moving without thinking or planning; Shuki Chaba and Yuli Kovbasnian: quiet body quiet mind, and vice versa; Gershon Mogilner and Anat Vaadia: trusting and growing confidence; Meir Peretz and Shuli Enosh: concentration and its connection to rhythm; Guy Hugler and Ora Lev-Ron – Inside a Crystal, Inside Air – trembling in front of words
Why is the human brain creative? Prof. Idan Segev
The brain of homo sapiens is about 200,000 years old and is unique in its ability to create instruments, ideas, art and science. What makes us “human?” What is the difference between our brain and the (non-creative) brain of the chimpanzee which is genetically similar to us? And what happens in our brains when we enjoy a piece of art. Prof. Edan Segev is Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Simple Action
A participatory choreographic action Inspired by Stabat Mater
Yasmeen Godder Company
Schedule:
Thursday 18.1.2018
9:30 Registration
10:00-11:15 DANCE FOR PD® CLASS WITH DAVID LEVENTHAL
Mark Morris Dance Group, New York
11:30-12:00 GATHERING AND WELCOME SPEECHES
Sigal Bergman, Yasmeen Godder, Shiri Sabah Teicher
12:00-12:30 FROM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TO INITIATOR OF SOCIAL CHANGE
Roberto Casarotto
12:30-13:00 RESEARCHING DANCE FOR PARKINSON’S
Dr. Sara Houston
13:00-13:15 Q&A
13:15-14:00 LUNCH BREAK
14:00-16:15 DANCE YOUR PROJECT
THOUGHTS ABOUT SOCIO-COMMUNAL ACTION THROUGH DANCE
Ilanit Tadmor
A participatory discussion for dance leaders in diverse communities
Led by Monica Gillette
16:30-18:00 SIMULTANEOUS WORKSHOPS:
Shaking Sigal Bergman (Yasmeen Godder Studio)
Words Without Movement Shiri Sabah Teicher (Hall)
Movement Without Words Anat Vaadia (Mandel Studio)
Each workshop is 25 minutes long; it is possible to experience all three!
18:15-19:15 (Hall) DANCING IN CONVERSATION
Prof. Zali Gurevitch
(Hebrew with simultaneous translation to English)
19:30-20:30 AND MY HEART ALMOST STOOD STILL
Ari Teperberg
Followed by a post-performance discussion
An additional performance, open for the audience and in Hebrew, will take place at 21:30.
Friday 19.1.2018
8:30 Registration
9:00-10:45 (Hall) THE STORIES BEHIND DANCE AND PARKINSON’S INITIATIVES
Screening of “A Year With Dancers, Scientists and People with Parkinson’s”- a film by Maya Rothschild
A panel with Monica Gillette, David Leventhal and Roberto Cassarotto
Mediator: Yasmeen Godder
11:00-12:30 MORNING CLASS
Co-led by Dance Teachers and Dancers with Parkinson’s
Guy Hugler – Ora Lev-Ron, Avi Elchadef -Ofir Najary, Meir Peretz-Shuli Enosh, Liora Bahar-Sigal Bergman, Gershon Mogilner-Anat Vaadia, Shuki Chaba-Yuli Kovbasnian
12:45-13:45 (Hall) WHAT MAKES US CREATIVE?
Prof. Idan Segev
Prof. Idan Segev, is the The David & Inez Myers Chair in Computational Neuroscience at The Hebrew University
(Hebrew with simultaneous translation to English)
14:30-15:30 SIMPLE ACTION – a participatory action inspired by Stabat Mater
Yasmeen Godder Company
15:30-16:00 Fine Wine, snacks and talk
All of the activities will have simultaneous translation to either Hebrew or English